Wallace SCCS-NY 2019

SCCS-NY 2020 - Species Distribution Modeling for Conservation in R and Wallace A Wallace workshop

Description

Species distribution modeling (SDM) is an important tool for conservation scientists, as it enables us to estimate present species range limits and make predictions about ranges for other areas and time periods. Advances in model-building and evaluation theory are common in the ecology and evolution literature. However, most cutting-edge methods are only accessible to those scientists who can read and write computer code. This results in a ‘barrier to use’ for many potential users. The Wallace ecological modeling application, implemented in the R programming language as the CRAN package “wallace”, provides a graphical user interface allowing any user to implement advanced SDM methods. Additionally, Wallace provides extensive guidance text to help both new and experienced users learn best practices, as well as references key papers from the literature for further investigation. Each model-building session can be exported as a fully documented R Markdown script file, to ensure reproducibility, ease of reporting, and for more advanced users, an easily modifiable code. In this workshop, we will go through the basics of SDM using Wallace. We will demonstrate the key features of the software and show applications to conservation science.

Organizers

  • Matthew Aiello-Lammens, Pace University
  • Pete Galante, American Museum of Natural History
  • Erica Johnson, City College of New York, CUNY
  • Andrea Paz, City College of New York, CUNY
  • Gonzalo Pinilla-Buitrago, City College of New York, CUNY

Logistics

  • Date: Friday, October 9, 2020
  • Time: 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
  • Place: Zoom

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Background R Materials

You do not need to know this information to effectively begin using Wallace. However, a little R knowledge can go a long way.

Species Distribution Modeling Slide Deck

Wallace Resources

‘Beyone Wallace’ Resources